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Competition Policy
94 published works
Truth on the Market
Europe Wants Tech Champions, Then Makes Them Share the Trophy
By Alden Abbott
Europe wants its own technology champions. It just seems less comfortable with what champions look like once they arrive. The European Commission’s latest Digital Markets Act (DMA) decisions capture that…
Climate Law Blog
Moving Sustainable Proteins Beyond Marketplace Bottlenecks: White Paper Release
By Andy Fitch and Cynthia Hanawalt
Climate advocates may hope to see dramatic commercial breakthroughs over the next several decades that reshape emissions-intensive components of our everyday lives, such as our dietary choices, household energy use,…
Truth on the Market
Don’t Freeze the AI Race at the Starting Line
By Mario Zúñiga
Regulators keep warning that AI markets are about to be captured by Big Tech. The awkward fact is that AI markets keep refusing to cooperate. Several years into the generative-AI…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
EC Publishes 2025 Competition Policy Report
On May 5, 2026, the European Commission (the Commission) published its 2025 Report on Competition Policy (the Report). The Report highlights initiatives undertaken during Commissioner Ribera’s first year in office…
Truth on the Market
Competitiveness Without the Cronyism
By Alden Abbott
Big mergers are back in fashion. So are “national champions,” industrial-policy wish lists, and solemn warnings that antitrust enforcement may leave the West defenseless against foreign rivals. In Washington, Brussels,…
Truth on the Market
Schrödinger’s Quantum Market: Regulating What May or May Not Exist
By Dyuti Pandya
Competition authorities are gearing up to regulate quantum computing. The problem: there is no market there yet. In March 2026, the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) launched an “IC59 fact-finding inquiry”…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
EU Merger Guidelines Consultation – Our Views on Public Policy, Security, and Labour Market Considerations
By Robbert Snelders, Romi Lepetska, Séverine Schrameck, Vladimir Novak, Jon Polanec, Solenn Dietrich-Urien, Chris Spentzos, Liam Rowley
As part of our response to the European Commission’s consultation on possible reforms to its merger control guidelines,[1] we submitted our observations on Topic Paper G – Public Policy, Security,…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
Antitrust Review Episode 47: In Conversation With Teresa Ribera
In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Teresa Ribera, the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just, and Competitive Transition.…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
EU Merger Guidelines Consultation – Our Views on Competitiveness & Resilience
By Robbert Snelders, Romi Lepetska, Elena Chutrova, Maud Lesaffre, Aleksandra Wierzbicka, Elinor du Parc
As part of our response to the European Commission’s consultation on possible reforms to its merger control guidelines,[1] we provided our views on Topic Paper A - Competitiveness and Resilience.…
Antitrust Lawyer Blog
Trump’s Revocation of the Biden-Harris Executive Order on Competition: What It Means for Businesses and Mergers
By Doyle, Barlow And Mazard PLLC
On August 13, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order revoking Executive Order 14036, the Biden-Harris administration’s 2021 directive aimed at promoting competition in the American economy. This move…